Editing D-Link (section)

== History ==
Datex Systems was founded in 1986 in Taipei, Taiwan.

In 1992, the company changed its name to D-Link.

D-Link went public and became the first networking company on the [[Taiwan Stock Exchange]] in 1994. It is now also publicly traded on the [[New York Stock Exchange]].

In 1988, D-Link released the industry's first peer-to-peer LANSmart Network Operating System,{{r|Maxwell_1990}}{{rp|pages=[{{ GBurl | id = FK9cQfDtQZkC |  pg = PT173 }} 167-168]}} able to run concurrently with early networking systems such as [[Novell]]'s [[NetWare]] and [[TCP/IP]], which most small network operating systems could not do at the time.

In 2007, it was the leading networking company in the small to medium business (SMB) segment worldwide, with a 21.9% market share.<ref group="notes">Compiled from In-Stat Q1 2007 ''Wireless LAN Equipment Market Share Report''</ref> In March 2008, it became the market leader in Wi-Fi product shipments worldwide, with 33% of the total market.<ref group="notes">In-Stat Q4/07 ''WLAN Market Share Report''</ref> In 2007, the company was featured in the "Info Tech 100" list of the world's best IT companies. It was also ranked as the ninth best IT company in the world for shareholder returns by ''[[Bloomberg Businessweek|BusinessWeek]]''.{{r|Bloomberg_2007}} In the same year, D-Link released one of the first [[Wi-Fi Alliance#Wi-Fi certification|Wi{{Non breaking hyphen}}Fi{{nbsp}}Certified]]{{nbsp}}[[802.11n]] draft 2.0 Wi-Fi routers (DIR-655),{{r|Higgins_2007}} which subsequently became one of the most successful draft [[802.11n]] routers.{{r|Higgins_2009}}

In May 2013, D-Link released its flagship draft [[802.11ac]] Wireless AC1750 Dual-Band Router (DIR-868L), which at that point had attained the fastest-ever wireless throughput as tested by blogger Tim Higgins.{{r|Higgins_2013}}

In April 2019, D-Link was named Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Wired and Wireless LAN Access Infrastructure.<ref>Best Wired and Wireless LAN Access Infrastructure of 2019 as reviewed by customers. [https://www.gartner.com/reviews/customers-choice/wired-wireless-lan-access-infrastructure/Apr-2019]. Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice - Apr 2019</ref>

In June 2020, D-Link joined the Taiwan Steel Group.{{Clarify|date=January 2024}}

In 2021, D-Link announced that it had become the agent for international [[information security]] brand [[Cyberbit]] in Taiwan, and it launched the new EAGLE PRO AI series transforming home Wi-Fi experiences.

In 2022, D-Link obtained the [[TRUSTe]] Privacy seal, certification of [[ISO/IEC 27001:2013]] and [[British Standards|BS]] 10012. It also obtained the GHG Part 1 certification of [[ISO]] 14064-1 2018. Moreover, D-Link established the "D-Link Group Scholarship" with [[National Taiwan University of Science and Technology]] to encourage foreign students to study in Taiwan.

=== Examples of D-Link products ===

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File:D-Link DIR-895L.jpg|AC5300 MU-MIMO Ultra Wi-Fi Router
	
File:D-Link DWA-192.jpg|AC1900 Wi-Fi USB 3.0 Adapter
	
File:D-Link DSP-W215.jpg|mydlink Home [[smart plug|Smart Plug]]
	
File:D-Link DCS-5010L.jpg|mydlink Home Monitor 360
	
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